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ploticus 1.40 Copyright Notice


ploticus 1.40 data display engine.
Software, documentation, and examples.
Copyright 1998-2001 Stephen C. Grubb  (steve@sgpr.net).

The author makes no representation as to the suitability of 
this software for any purpose nor may he be held responsible 
for any defects of this software.  THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO 
WARRANTY FOR THIS SOFTWARE.  Users are responsible for 
checking and ensuring the correctness of their results.  
Data presented in examples is completely fictional.  

* The home page for PLOTICUS is www.sgpr.net.  The source 
  code, binaries for some platforms, documentation, and 
  examples may be freely downloaded from that site.  

* This software is the intellectual property of the author,
  Stephen C. Grubb.  The identity and authorship of this
  software must not be obscured, omitted, or misrepresented.
  Thank you for respecting this.  Portions of the software 
  contributed by others are acknowledged in the documentation.  

* The author wishes to be the maintainer of this software
  and maintain centralized version control at www.sgpr.net.

* Here are the author's wishes regarding citation, use, 
  modification, and distribution of the software.  If you have 
  questions or need clarification please contact me at the email 
  address above.

  Citation: If you have used ploticus in a published work
	or web site, appropriate citation is appreciated.  
	Also, the author appreciates hearing from you if you 
	are using ploticus, have successfully ported it to a 
	new system platform, or if you have an interesting 
	example to contribute for the gallery.  

  Permission is granted to USE the PLOTICUS BINARIES for any 
	lawful purpose, commercial or not.

  Permission is granted to USE the PLOTICUS SOURCE CODE to 
	build "ploticus 1.40 by Stephen Grubb".  Use of this 
	source code to compile any other application or 
	deliverable is prohibited without prior written 
	consent of the author.  However, once compiled, the 
	binaries may be distributed or included or bundled in 
	other applications or deliverables (see below).

  Permission is granted to MODIFY the SOURCE CODE, however,
	modified code may not be distributed to others*.
	Porting-related changes, bug fixes, new features,
	and new procs are welcome but should be coordinated 
	through the author so that they may be released in 
	an orderly manner and made available to everyone.
	Appropriate credit will be given in the documentation
	for contributed portions.

	* Consultants or firms developing an application for 
	a client are considered to be developing a deliverable 
	and may not modify the source code for their clients.
	
  Permission is granted to DISTRIBUTE the SOURCE CODE to 
	others so long as this Copyright Notice, all files, and 
	the functionality of the software remain intact and 
	unchanged.  

  Permission is granted to DISTRIBUTE or BUNDLE/INCLUDE the
	ploticus BINARIES, documentation and examples in other 
	applications or deliverables, commercial or not, 
	provided that the statement "Includes ploticus 1.40
	by Stephen Grubb (www.sgpr.net)", as well as this
	entire Copyright Notice, are included and accessible 
	to all users.  
	

* Acknowledgement: ploticus 1.40 generates PNG and run-length-encoded 
  GIF output using portions of Thomas Boutell's gd library 
  versions 1.6.3 and 1.3.  ploticus 1.40 does not read GIF files.
  GD 1.6.3 and 1.3 (www.boutell.com) carry the following statements:
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   |	Portions copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 by 
   |	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Funded under Grant 
   |	P41-RR02188 by the National Institutes of Health.
   |	
   |	Portions copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, by Boutell.Com, Inc.
   | 
   |    Portions relating to GD2 format copyright 1999 Philip Warner.
   |
   |    Portions relating to PNG copyright 1999, Greg Roelofs.
   | 
   |    Portions relating to libttf copyright 1999, John Ellson
   |    (ellson@lucent.com).
   |	
   |	(Although his LZW compression code no longer appears 
   |	in gd, the authors wish to thank David Rowley for the 
   |	original LZW-based GIF compression code, which has been 
   |	removed due to patent concerns.)
   |	
   |	Non-LZW-based GIF compression code copyright 1998, by 
   |	Hutchison Avenue Software Corporation (http://www.hasc.com/, 
   |	info@hasc.com).
   |	
   |	Permission has been granted to copy and distribute gd 
   |	in any context, including a commercial application, 
   |	provided that this notice is present in user-accessible 
   |	supporting documentation.
   |	
   |	This does not affect your ownership of the derived work 
   |	itself, and the intent is to assure proper credit for the 
   |	authors of gd, not to interfere with your productive use 
   |	of gd. If you have questions, ask. "Derived works" includes 
   |	all programs that utilize the library. Credit must be 
   |	given in user-accessible documentation.
   |	
   |	Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute gd
   |	and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is 
   |	hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice 
   |	appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice 
   |	and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. 
   |	This software is provided "as is" without express or implied 
   |	warranty.
   |


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